The Penn's Grove record., 1887-01-08
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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Thomas, in Lawrenceville. a suburb OF
Pittsburg, are sick with %trichinosis, in
consequence of eating raw ham, and
the oldest son Is past recovery.
The snow storm just ended was
very heavy in the West. A telegram
from Michigan City. Indiana. reports
''over five feet of snow on a level in
the exposed places, while in the ra-
vines it is some six feet deep" There
is trouble on all the railroads, freight
trains being abandoned, while several
passenger trains are stopped at differ
ent places. A telegram from Laporte,
Indiana, reports the snow three feet
on a level in the city, and from four
to five in the adjacent country. The
storm vas very heavy in Western
Pennsylvania and Ohio.
The house of Don Domingo Cana,
the Brazilian Minister, in Washington.
was robbed on the morning of the 3Oth
ult. of $1,000 worth of jewelry and othrI
valuables and some cash, by f. Is.
Silva, a discharged servant. The rob.
Der was arrested on the naorning of the
31st, while boarding a train for New
York, and the valuables were recov-
cred.
Mrs. Boulanger, a wealthy old
French resident of Donaldsonville,
Louisiana, was murdered in her house
about noon on the LIST. by al unknown
tramp. ROBBERY was the motive.
FREDERICK opaetn, aged % years,
shot and killed his wife Josephine, aged
81, and shot himself in the left breast,
~inficting a wound which is likely to
prove fatal. They came to this u
try from Germany a year ago. About
four weeks ago Mrs Spaeth left her
husband to live with a baker named
Reilly, but a brother of Frederick had
induced her to return to her husband,
1t is said he was frugal and saved
money, while she was ~extrayagant and
fond of fine clothes
The Dolores Land and Cattle Com
pany of Texas, chartered last year
with n stated capital of $4,000, 900,
made an assignment in Austin on the
1st, The liabilities are said to amount
to about $500, 600; the assets are footed
up about S540.0 00.
The Otis block in Chicago, includ
ing the Laclede Hotel and a furnituT-
store, was burned on the afternoon OF
the LIST. Loss, SAC, 1000. The guests In
the hotel had a narrow escape. A fire
at Sioux City, Iowa, on the 1st, de-
stroyed a commission house, a dry
goods store and a boarding house
causing a loss of 15,000. During the
fire the horses attached to a hook and
ladder truck a away and a mar was
run over and crushed to death.
Slight earthquake shocks, accom-
panied by faint detonations, were felt
In Columbia and Summerield, South
Carolina, on the night of the Both and
morning of the 51st ult.
A fire at Portage La Prairie, Mani
toba, on the I'd, destroyed ten stores,
causing the loss of $4,000. a woman
named Campbell was dangerously in
iured by jumping from an upper win
dow of one of the buildings. The
engine house of the Fort Wayne, Gin
cinnati and Louisville Railroad, al
Muncie, Ind, was burned on the night
of the I'd, with a passenger engine.
Loss, $4,000. w. j. Barker's block
and the post-ofice block at Grafton.
Massachusetts, were burned on the
morning of the Sd. Loss, $30, 900;
insurance, $4,000.
-''Violent shocks and loud rumb
awakened people from sleep, and
continued at intervals from half-past
O'Clock on the night of the %
until ,eaTly the morning of the Sd, in the
districts of Maryland. The
were felt in Westminster,
and Emmittsburg, and pic
were shaken from the walls in
some houses.
The public debt statement for De-
cember shows a decrease Of SO, 35S. 2O2. |
Total cash in the Treasury, S444, 915,-
79l.
The safe of Meyers & Pruess' shoe
store in Cincinnati was blown open on
the night of the I'd and robbed of $750.
. small safe was found in one of the
suburbs of Cincinnati on the I'd.
(which had been carried away intact
and blown open at leisure in a secluded
An arrangement has been effected
the Sioux Indians at the Fort |
Peck Agency in Montana by which
coneede all title to their land, ex-
cept that retained for the reservation. |
The reserve will contain about /, 500, 000 |
acres, The Indians will receive for
land ST., $50, 900, in ten annual
payments of S165, 900 each.
The New York Commercial Bel
letia estimates the losses by fire In the
United States and Canada during 1886
At SIG. 900. 600.
Temperatures were reported on the
morning of the 3D. ranging from l to Is
degrees below zero in Illinois and 10 to
below in Minnesota and Dakota.
AT North Platte, Nebraska, it was 4
below zero, at Lafayette, Indiana, %
ami at Sheboygan, Michigan, Is
below. AT Cheyenne, Wyoming, il
was 80 degrees above zero. In North
ern Now York, near WATERFOWL, 40
below aero was registered. Throughout
Ontario, Canada. 10 to 30 below zero
reported. A telegram from the
city OF Mexico reports the appearance
Of a severe cold wav there on the
morning of the Sd, thin ice forming in
places near the city.
alley q Hoes, boot and shoe manu-
I~aeturer4 of Lafayette, Indiana, have
transferred their assets to a trustee,
who viii continue the business. Their
liabilities are estimated at $3.50, 900, and
their available assets at 1921, 900. The
O William Steinmer, proprietor
Of the Montgomery OIL Works, was
announced on the Sd, at Norrlstown,
Penna. His liabilities are said to be
8 1900, with assets covering that
amount i they can be realized upon."
Joseph Il. Roger, wholesale ~eonfectloner
OF Lancaster, Penna., made an assign
ment on tie Sd. Liabilities, SIS, O00;
assets ahlut two-thirds."
Nine men we're killed by the col
lision on he Southern Pacific Rail-
road near Devils Run, on the night
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